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Be thankful

Get to know how to take advantage of all situations together with the Lord

05/06/2017

By: Bishop Roberto Santana

The attitude of thankfulness is vanishing. It has lacked gratitude in men`s life, among men and to God, to churches and other institutions. Unfortunately, this situation tends not to be improved, the other way round, to get worse. The Bible says that lately, almost everyone`s love would be colder. All that condition was due to the lack of love.

Paul, as registered in Philippians 4: 10, was thankful for the Philippians in relation to give and take. He had his journey and put in his heart the purpose of preaching the gospel to the world to make it well known, but he needed sponsor, as nowadays we still need it.

The more people know about the gospel in the world, the faster Jesus comes back. At that time, just Philippians allied with Paul. In this confession, Paul said that he learned how live happily at any and all of situations. We have to learn to be happy at abundance or scarcity as well While some murmur and others complain about their conditions, we have to know how to take advantage of all of situations. Taking advantage means to worship the Lord and sing in His Name, to please Him every moments, and every conditions. Praise the Lord every time because whatever it might be, God keeps with you, we take advantage by faith and by the supernatural. Saul was an natural man who had all the best things in life; he was one of the best Roman military leaders. When he became Paul, his friends regarded him as fool, he was despised and learned how to deal with problems that were unknown before. He used to be flared up, chase Christians mercilessly, and then he understood when Christ showed him the value of the Gospel, he changed his way of being and became Paul. Despite all of obstacles he underwent, he said: “I learned how to live in a happy way whatever the situation is”. If it is necessary for you to go through fights and difficult moments, according to God`s wish, you will have experience and if you trust, you will succeed in changing your condition and in the future you will use it in order to preach and give the testimonial that Jesus Christ performed in your life. The same Paul confessed that we could do all things through the One Who strengthens us. In John, Jesus said that if His words were in us, we would be in Him and would come up with fruits. We are all human beings, but what makes us differ is our faith, our attitude. Paul was thankful for the Philippians for helping and it pleased God to such an extent that either Paul or the Philippians were honored. Help whoever it might be without waiting for an exchange. In case of receiving a reward, it has to be from God not men. Be thankful for God and have your life changed for Hid merci.